Chapter One Hundred and Thirty: I'm Back
"Gao Bingcao is back!" A war horse rushed from a distance, galloping all the way to Curie Pass, letting go of his throat, shouting loudly, and the war horses were circling in circles and neighing constantly.
With his shouts, Curieguan suddenly became lively. The soldiers training on the school grounds surrounded him. Sun Xiao showed his head from the Curieguan city tower, took a look, and ran down hurriedly. Cao Tiancheng held a pen in one hand and a tent sheet in the other, and jumped out of the dormitory with one foot, "Where, where?"
"It's almost here, only a few miles away, look!" The soldier riding on the horse looked back and pointed at the dust that was being rolled up by the horse galloping in the distance.
Gao Yuan came very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he had already arrived at Curie Pass.
"Brothers, I'm back!" He raised his arms and shouted loudly to the soldiers.
"The soldiers are back!" The soldiers cheered and rushed up, three layers inside and three layers outside surrounded Gaoyuan and were blocked.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Sun Xiao's shouts came from outside. The soldiers made way out a passage, Gao Yuan looked over with a smile. At the end of the passage, Sun Xiao supported Cao Tiancheng and was walking over with a jump.
Gao Yuan laughed and turned over and dismounted, and strode forward, "Sun Xiao, Lao Cao, are you okay?"
"Military, no, it should be County Guard Gao now, you are back!" Sun Xiao laughed.
Gao Yuan opened his arms and hugged the two of them tightly in his arms, and pounded them hard a few times, "It's almost a month, have you missed me?"
"I want to die!" Cao Tiancheng was so angry that he was slapped by Gao Yuan's several beats, and quickly waved his hand, "My county magistrate, I don't dare to beat me like this. I can't stand my body. You should beat Sun Xiao a few more beats. This kid is strong and beat me!"
Sun Xiao laughed out loud, "Old Cao, you want to run more and practice more on weekdays, just like you have taken your life. Now, you can learn from your mistakes and gain wisdom. Let's practice more with me in the future."
"How can I have this time!" Cao Tiancheng waved his hands repeatedly, "Besides, I can compete with you kid at this age. I'd better take charge of the account!"
Seeing the two of them jokingly, Gao Yuan smiled and waved his hands as the soldiers around the army, "Let's go, let's go, let's do your own things, let's add a few dishes to the kitchen tonight, brothers have a good meal."
"Oh! You can drink tonight!" The soldiers cheered and left.
"Does some bastards miss me or drink? Look at them happy!" Gao Yuan laughed and cursed, reached out and supported Cao Tiancheng with Sun Xiao and walked towards the military camp.
"Where are infantry, and Yan Haibo?" Gao Yuan asked as he walked.
"After the infantry came back, he followed Helan to practice. Yan Haibo also led the team out to practice today. If he knew that you were back today, Yan Haibo would never go out. Why did he have to come back tonight!" Sun Xiao said.
"I just sent someone to notify the infantry, and he should be able to come back soon." Cao Tiancheng said with a smile.
"Forget it, the infantry doesn't need to shout, he has only been separated from me for a few days!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, "Come on, Lao Cao, sit down, it's only been more than a month, and it's been a hundred days since it hurts. Don't be half healed after finally. This time I'll be seriously troubled for you."
"How could it be so delicate!" Cao Tiancheng felt warm in his heart, and tears were almost coming down, "Tiancheng is a bad life, and he is getting better quickly."
"Old Cao is not going to call the infantry, he is going to inform the coach Helan!" Sun Xiao smiled giggled.
"The infantry came back a few days ago, and brought the gift from County Captain Gao to Tutor Helan, and gave Tutor Helan beautifully. I didn't know what to say."
"That is, some rouge, water, powder and other materials, what's worthy of joy!" Gao Yuan shook his head.
"She is a fan of the woman. She has seen such a good thing there before. We can't buy it in Fufeng. When we first came to Curieguan, I saw her picking flowers to make her own nail polish. I don't know what it looks good to apply her nails red." Sun Xiao laughed.
"What do you know!" Cao Tiancheng also burst into laughter: "What gift does not matter, the key is who gave it to him. Don't believe it. Give it a look to coach Helan. It would be strange if she doesn't throw out the things you gave!"
Sun Xiao was stunned, thought for a while, nodded, "That's right!"
Looking at Sun Xiao's serious appearance, Cao Tiancheng couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Gao Yuan knew that this matter was undoubtedly getting darker and darker as he described it. He sat down and said, "I won't talk about it anymore, let's talk about the serious matter."
Hearing that he wanted to talk about the important things, Cao Tiancheng and Sun Xiao also put away their smiles. Sun Xiao sat opposite Cao Tiancheng and poured a glass of water for Gao Yuan, "The military officer Cao Sheng has become a county magistrate. We have not yet congratulated you yet? We must pay a few cups to pay tribute to you in the evening."
"If I get promoted, you will naturally be in a high position!" Gao Yuan laughed, "Sun Xiao, you will be a military officer soon."
"Thank you, Lord County Master!" Sun Xiao was not ecstatic and nodded calmly, "Whether it is the head or the military officer, he always follows you to do things. Even if he is not an official, he will feel comfortable."
"Sun Xiao said it well!" Cao Tiancheng slapped the table, "As long as you follow the soldiers and Cao, you should feel comfortable in everything."
Looking at the two, Gao Yuan felt relieved, "I was promoted, so naturally I couldn't forget my good brothers who had been through life and death together. Sun Xiao immediately went to the military camp. Of course, it was not only Sun Xiao, Yan Haibo, and infantry, who would be directly promoted to the military camp, Tiancheng and Fufeng County Deputy Captain, but it was yours. You have to be the best steward for me."
"Thank you for your support from the army, Tiancheng will definitely do his best." Cao Tiancheng nodded repeatedly.
"You, don't be happy first, when you scratch your head in the future." Gao Yuan smiled.
"I know, I understand, the key is the problem of money." Cao Tiancheng said: "In the past, the military officials only had to pay for our first team, and the money was enough to spend, but now the military officials are county magistrates. There are hundreds of mouths at once, so the money must be in a hurry."
"It's not that it's urgent, but it's very urgent!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, "Zheng Xiaoyang and Naha have almost 600 people now. Uncle Lu has been promoted to the county to command the army. All Fufeng's soldiers must have been dumped by me, and I won't get another penny. I'm really a little stretched."
"In this way, the gap is too big. Lord Lu didn't leave you some basic information?" Cao Tiancheng asked.
"Ten thousand coins, it's up to the relationship between uncle and nephew, otherwise, there would be no penny." Gao Yuan smiled bitterly.
"What's the use of ten thousand guan?" Sun Xiao opened his mouth wide, "If we were the way we were in dying, ten thousand guan would be able to last for a while, but now, a thousand people have to eat and pay, and ten thousand guan can last at most a month."
"I found Wu County Magistrate Wu, and after all, the Wu County Magistrate promised to allocate five thousand guan to us every month, which is his limit. Where can I, now I can spend about two thousand to three thousand guan a month, so that's only two or three thousand guan apart." Gao Yuan calculated with his fingers.
"County lieutenant, that is your personal money, this is official business, how can you use your money to fill this hole?" Cao Tian became difficult to tell.
"This is a business, but it is also my private matter!" Gao Yuan smiled slightly and tapped the table gently with his fingers, "Tiancheng, you should also regard it as your private matter."
Cao Tiancheng was stunned, but then he understood and nodded vigorously with Sun Xiao.
"Military, since you asked me to be responsible for finance, I will definitely find ways to make up for this deficit. You have to find ways to make money, and you can't just leave but not go in."
"How do you make money?" Sun Xiao asked in confusion: "It's been more than half a year, and I'll only see you using money, but I won't see you making money."
"Is the military commander still a military commander in the past? His power is limited. Now the military commander is a county magistrate. With great power, many things can be done!" Cao Tiancheng retorted: "It was not that I didn't think about it before, but that I thought about it in vain. Now it's different."
Cao Tiancheng was speechless, and Sun Xiao rolled his eyes when he heard this.
Stomp your feet, "Don't we still have a big box of treasures under our feet, just take them out and use them."
"This is not possible." Gao Yuan shook his head repeatedly, "This is our family's foundation, and we must not use this money unless we have to. Tiancheng, tell me, what way do you have to make money?"
"County lieutenant, we are a border county, and the risks are great, but there are also opportunities. Donghu people and the Huns are selling whatever they want. How can we not make money? There are plenty of money to make." Cao Tiancheng said with a smile.
"We are going to fight with the Donghu people and do business with him?" Sun Xiaochi used his nose, "It's almost the same as the Huns doing some business."
"Tiancheng's words make sense. Business can be done, and you can still fight when it is time to fight!" Gao Yuan said with a smile.
"But salt and iron must not be made, and food cannot be sold to the Donghu people."
"Of course, I can save this!" Cao Tiancheng smiled and said, "But county magistrate, can these things be sold, wine, silk, etc., right? These things are more profitable! Let's sell these money-consuming things to them, collect furs and animals from them, and sell them to the mainland, and there is a lot to make money. Once you go, you can make money from both ends."
"You think well, you can sell these luxury goods to them. You must cultivate these people to like these things as soon as possible. Fur is good. Let's sell them to big cities. Those big and rich people like this thing. Secondary, we can use them to make leather armor for soldiers. Unfortunately, we can't buy horses from them. Donghu people are not fools and will never sell war horses to us."
"If the war horses of the Donghu people are not sold to us, we can find the Huns. The Huns hope that we will go against the Donghu people to relieve their pressure!" Cao Tiancheng said with a smile.
"So, can we follow the method of Lord Wu selling alcohol? We only allow us to operate with them. If anyone else dares to do it, we will arrest them and do it!" Sun Xiao laughed and said, "It's okay if you don't want to make money."
"This is not possible!" Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "Fufeng also has people who do these businesses. We have taken advantage of a lot of advantages in price. We don't need to use this trick again. We want to make money, but we can't force others to lose food. It's natural. If you think about it, it's best to join hands with the people who originally did these businesses in Fufeng County. They have been doing this business. There must be a way to avoid being blind and getting blinded by us."
Chapter completed!